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Program for October 17, 2018
Prayer, Pledge and Visitors
The meeting began with the ringing of the bell by President Fred Timmons. Joe Montagna led us in a word of prayer and the pledge.
Umbrella Time: No one owns the umbrella this month.
Gold Raffle Drawing Update
President Fred is asking that unsold tickets be brought to the next meeting - or to his office - or for a small fee of a glass of iced tea Mary McGuyer will be happy to pick them up!
All sold tickets are due Friday, Oct 26 - which is the Friday prior to drawing.
On this Day in History Fred Timmons shared:
- 1835 Texas Rangers were created
- 1931 Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion - which segued to Fred's sage advice: "File your taxes!"
- 1989 San Francisco Earthquake, magnitude 6.9, killed 67 people and caused 5 billion dollars in damages.
National Days Fred continues Allyson's wonderful tradition:
- National Medical Assistant Day
- National Edge Day - this one kept all of edgey because we're not sure what it means...
- National Pasta Day
- National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day
- National Hagfish Day
- National Support your Local Chamber of Commerce Day
Humor You may not know that President Fred Timmons is a big fan of all things to do with Texas such as:
- Texas is larger than every European country except Russia.
- Texas claims the world's largest rose garden (Tyler)
- World's largest parking lot (DFW Airport)
- Rattlesnake roundup (Sweetwater)
- Fire hydrant (Beaumont)
Welcome Guests! Our guests this week were Jerret Krouse of the San Antonio Rotary Club and Ron Greenberg of the Alamo Heights Rotary Club. Ron is the Committee Chair for RYLA.
We were glad to see our regular visitor, Dave Jower of the NW Rotary Club.
Bruce shared a great article about Polio Plus, "Lessons from Life" in the November issue of the Rotarian Magazine. A school outside Jalalabad, Afghanistan, has played an important part in the lives of thousands of children. The school was founded by the Rotary Club of La Jolla Golden Triangle, California. More than 6,200 children, both boys and girls, are educated separately. Girls as well as boys participate in sports and they are taught the importance of sanitation for health and the prevention of illness, and the importance of polio awareness. Students share their knowledge of polio awareness and prevention with classmates, friends and family. Read more interesting stories about Rotarians changing lives around the world by clicking the button below!